Monmouth University Athletics

All NEC First-Team performer...Team leader in sacks and tackles for loss

2001 (Junior): Played in all 10 games as a defensive lineman... Led team in sacks with 7.5 for 50 yards...Ranked first among the Hawks in tackles for loss, with 15 for 60 yards... Recorded 37 tackles on the year including 26 solo...Led team with seven hurries while breaking up five passes...Also forced two fumbles... Notched four tackles and two sacks in victory at Central Connecticut ...Recorded six tackles and a pass break-up vs. C.W. Post... Named NEC Defensive player of the Week for performance against St. Francis, recording seven tackles, two sacks, and a tackle for a safety ... Logged four tackles, one sack, and a forced fumble in win at St. Francis ... Registered 3.5 sacks for 31 yards vs. St. John's.

2000 (Sophomore): Played in all 11 games as a defensive lineman... Ranked fifth on the squad with 10 tackles for loss totaling six yards... Booked 41 total tackles on the year including 27 solo takedowns... Posted 1.5 sacks for nine yards... Registered three pass break-ups and five hurries... Notched five tackles, all solo, including one tackle for loss in loss at Albany... Logged career-high nine tackles in loss vs. Towson... Recorded six tackles and half a sack in 34-7 victory vs. Stony Brook... Logged six tackles, including two for loss of yardage and one sack vs. Robert Morris.

1999 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in all 10 games as a defensive lineman... Tallied 28 tackles on the season, including five for loss of yardage... Tallied 1.5 sacks and two hurries.

1998 (Freshman): Sat out true freshman season as a redshirt.

High School: Two-sport athlete in football and track at Hawthorne High School... Tabbed third-team All-New Jersey in 1997... Named all-county in shot put as a senior.

Personal: Son of Lucinda Connors... Born October 29, 1979... Majoring in business accounting.